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<strong>MediaWiki has been installed.</strong>
<strong>Welcome to the Minetest wiki.</strong>


Consult the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.
If you'd like to edit here, send email to: '''me@minetest.org'''
If you're already a Minetest builder and you'd like to visit some Final MT worlds, read the [[MT_Visitors|MT Visitors]] page.


== Getting started ==
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* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
Minetest is a free
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_engine game engine.]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/ MediaWiki release mailing list]
Think of Minetest as a '''collection''' of different programs
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]
similar to Minecraft&trade;. Each program can create or
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Combating_spam Learn how to combat spam on your wiki]
visit blocky game worlds. Both offline worlds and communal worlds on the Internet are supported.
 
The blocky game worlds have themes such as Old West, post
apocalypse, ordinary cities, and many more. The client automatically
downloads assets. Gameplay is defined by Lua mods which usually
run on the server.
 
This type of game is referred to as
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voxel voxel.] One well-known part of many voxel games is that you can acquire ores and other materials, often by mining them, and use them to "craft" objects such as tools. However, Minetest offers more than this. And Final Minetest in particular is the FOSS platform of choice for edutech and academic voxel work.
 
[[File:lagrange_point_station.jpg|400px]]
 
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The different Minetest programs include:
 
* Classic Minetest 4 from the 2010s
* Minetest 5, also known as Trolltest or [https://minetest.net/ minetest.net]
* A commercial program, MultiCraft (see note below)
* and the most advanced in some respects, Final Minetest
 
Note: MultiCraft, the Minetest fork, isn't related to Multicraft&trade;, a U.S. manufacturer, or Multicraft, a Swiss Minecraft&trade; hosting company, or Multicraft, a line of screwdrivers sold by PB Swiss Tools. Maksym should have chosen a more unique name.
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Final Minetest includes server and client programs of different types. Its primary server program, '''finetestserver,''' works with all major Minetest clients dated through mid-2023. Note: Post-2023 Trolltest and MultiCraft clients may not be supported.
 
This website focuses on Final Minetest but it includes some Trolltest documentation as it's partly compatible.
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<span id="pages-for-users"></span>
== Pages for users ==
 
<div class="p44_navbar">
[[Browser_Play|Browser Play!]]
[[Minetest|Minetest]]
[[MTWorlds|MT worlds]]
[[Bucket_Game|Bucket Game]]
[[Which_Minetest|Which Test]]
[[Minetest_IRC|Online Help]]
[[Player_Basics|Player Basics]]
[[Mining|Mining]]
[[Mobs|Mobs]]
[[Minetest_People|People in MT]]
[https://minetest.org/changes.txt Changes]
[[Trolltest|Trolltest]]
[[Contact|Contact]]
[[Downloads|Downloads]]
</div>
 
<br />
These pages include parts for users, for world hosts, and for
developers in general.
 
To learn how to play on most servers, try
clicking Bucket_Game, which has the most popular mods (integrated
but configurable).
<br />
 
<span id="developers-center"></span>
== Developers' Center ==
 
<div class="p44_navbar">
[[Devel_Center|Devel Center]]
</div>
 
<br />
The Developers' Center is largely for Final Minetest core developers and website admins. However, all visitors are welcome to read content.
 
<br />
[[File:Pumpkin_190127.jpg]]
 
<span id="other-projects"></span>
== Non-Minetest pages ==
 
To be added.
 
<span id="about-site"></span>
 
== About this website ==
 
This is a MediaWiki website. For MediaWiki details, [[Wiki_Admin|click here.]] Contact information for the website is at [[Contact|this link.]] Site Notices are at [[Site_Notices|this link.]]
 
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Latest revision as of 18:22, 10 August 2024

Welcome to the Minetest wiki.

If you'd like to edit here, send email to: me@minetest.org If you're already a Minetest builder and you'd like to visit some Final MT worlds, read the MT Visitors page.


Minetest is a free game engine. Think of Minetest as a collection of different programs similar to Minecraft™. Each program can create or visit blocky game worlds. Both offline worlds and communal worlds on the Internet are supported.

The blocky game worlds have themes such as Old West, post apocalypse, ordinary cities, and many more. The client automatically downloads assets. Gameplay is defined by Lua mods which usually run on the server.

This type of game is referred to as voxel. One well-known part of many voxel games is that you can acquire ores and other materials, often by mining them, and use them to "craft" objects such as tools. However, Minetest offers more than this. And Final Minetest in particular is the FOSS platform of choice for edutech and academic voxel work.

Lagrange point station.jpg



The different Minetest programs include:

  • Classic Minetest 4 from the 2010s
  • Minetest 5, also known as Trolltest or minetest.net
  • A commercial program, MultiCraft (see note below)
  • and the most advanced in some respects, Final Minetest

Note: MultiCraft, the Minetest fork, isn't related to Multicraft™, a U.S. manufacturer, or Multicraft, a Swiss Minecraft™ hosting company, or Multicraft, a line of screwdrivers sold by PB Swiss Tools. Maksym should have chosen a more unique name.


Final Minetest includes server and client programs of different types. Its primary server program, finetestserver, works with all major Minetest clients dated through mid-2023. Note: Post-2023 Trolltest and MultiCraft clients may not be supported.

This website focuses on Final Minetest but it includes some Trolltest documentation as it's partly compatible.

Pages for users


These pages include parts for users, for world hosts, and for developers in general.

To learn how to play on most servers, try clicking Bucket_Game, which has the most popular mods (integrated but configurable).

Developers' Center


The Developers' Center is largely for Final Minetest core developers and website admins. However, all visitors are welcome to read content.


Pumpkin 190127.jpg

Non-Minetest pages

To be added.

About this website

This is a MediaWiki website. For MediaWiki details, click here. Contact information for the website is at this link. Site Notices are at this link.

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